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WorksheetsSecondary Storage Devices
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
The two types of data access methods
available with secondary storage
devices are
real and virtual
direct and sequential.
fast and slow.
old and new.
Secondary storage devices can be grouped into three categories - what are they?
Magnetic, Flash and Optical
Magnetic, Optical and Solid State
Solid State, Flash and Hard Drives
Hard Drives, CDs and USBs
Hard Disk Drives are a type of...
Optical storage device
Magnetic storage device
Solid State memory
Primary memory
CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays are all types of...
Magnetic storage devices
Optical storage devices
Solid State memory
Primary memory
Magnetic tape storage is what kind of device...
Solid state memory
Optical storage
Magnetic storage
Primary memory
What category of storage device is a HD card?
Magnetic
Optical
Solid state
Primary memory
Which of the 3 categories of secondary storage is the least durable due to its moving parts?
Optical storage
Primary memory
Solid state storage
Magnetic storage
Which category of secondary storage devices has the slowest access speeds? (i.e. slower to read and write to/from)
Magnetic devices
Optical devices
Solid state memory
Primary storage
Which category of secondary storage devices uses beams of light and lasers that read "pits" and "lands" as binary 1s and 0s?
Magnetic storage
Optical storage
Solid state storage
Which of the secondary storage categories are the most durable (or strong/ toughest to break)?
Magnetic
Solid State
Optical
Primary memory
This device is used to store operating system, application programs and other files & folders
USB
Hard disk
Memory card
What is the name of the spinning disk in a Hard Disk Drive?
Cone
Platter
CD
DVD
How is data stored on a Hard Disk Drive
Using a high powered laser
Using pits which represent 0s and 1s
With complex circuitry
With tiny magnets representing individual bits
Which of the following defines 'secondary storage'? (select more than one)
Storage which does not have direct access to the CPU
Storage which is volatile
Storage with a slow transfer speed
Storage with a fast transfer speed
Storage which is inside the computer
Which of the following secondary storage devices provide SEQUENTIAL ACCESS?
Magnetic Tape
DVD
Flash Drive
Cloud storage
The circular rings around the storage media of a floppy disk are called ______
Tracks
Sectors
Cylinders
Diskettes
